Producer Price Index (PPI) - Statistics South Africa · Producer Price Index (PPI) April 2015 Embargoed until: 28 May 2015 11:30 ... Apr 2015 vs. Apr 2014 Final manufactured goods

Statistical release P0142.1

Producer Price Index (PPI)

April 2015

Embargoed until:28 May 2015

11:30 Enquiries: Forthcoming issue: Expected release date

Marais Kleu May 2015 25 June 2015 (012) 310 8170

Statistics South Africa P0142.1

Producer Price Index, April 2015

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Contents Page

Key findings for April 2015 .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

Final manufactured goods – headline PPI ................................................................................................................................ 2

Intermediate manufactured goods ............................................................................................................................................. 2

Electricity and water .................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Mining ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Agriculture, forestry and fishing ................................................................................................................................................. 2

Key figures and analytical series ................................................................................................................................................ 3

Main index numbers and annual percentage changes .............................................................................................................. 4

Detailed index numbers and percentage changes, and contributions .................................................................................... 5

Explanatory notes ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Glossary ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

General information .................................................................................................................................................................... 12



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Key findings for April 2015 Final manufactured goods – headline PPI

The annual percentage change in the PPI for final manufactured goods was 3,0% in April 2015 (compared with 3,1% in March 2015). From March 2015 to April 2015 the PPI for final manufactured goods increased by 0,9%.

The main contributors to the annual rate of 3,0% were food products, beverages and tobacco products (5,4% year-on-year and contributing 1,8 percentage points) and metals, machinery, equipment and computing equipment (7,1% year-on-year and contributing 1,0 percentage point) (see Figure 1.2).

The main contributor to the monthly increase of 0,9% was coke, petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products (2,8% month-on-month and contributing 0,5 of a percentage point) (see Figure 1.1).

Intermediate manufactured goods

The annual percentage change in the PPI for intermediate manufactured goods was -0,2% in April 2015 (compared with 0,9% in March 2015). From March 2015 to April 2015 the PPI for intermediate manufactured goods decreased by 0,7%. The main contributor to the annual rate of -0,2% was chemicals, rubber and plastic products (-2,2% year-on-year and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point) (see Figure 2.2). The main contributor to the monthly decrease of 0,7% was basic and fabricated metals (-1,9% month-on-month and contributing -0,6 of a percentage point) (see Figure 2.1).

Electricity and water

The annual percentage change in the PPI for electricity and water was 10,4% in April 2015 (compared with 8,6% in March 2015). From March 2015 to April 2015 the PPI for electricity and water increased by 4,7%. The contributors to the annual rate of 10,4% were electricity (11,2% year-on-year and contributing 9,4 percentage points) and water (6,3% year-on-year and contributing 1,0 percentage point) (see Figure 3.2).

The contributors to the monthly increase of 4,7% were electricity (5,2% month-on-month and contributing 4,4 percentage points) and water (1,9% month-on-month and contributing 0,3 of a percentage point) (see Figure 3.1). Mining

The annual percentage change in the PPI for mining was -4,7% in April 2015 (compared with -4,4% in March 2015). From March 2015 to April 2015 the PPI for mining decreased by 1,0%. The main contributors to the annual rate of -4,7% were gold and other metal ores (-7,8% year-on-year and contributing -2,4 percentage points), coal and gas (-5,3% year-on-year and contributing -1,4 percentage points) and non-ferrous metal ores (-3,2% year-on-year and contributing -1,1 percentage points) (see Figure 4.2). The main contributor to the monthly decrease of 1,0% was gold and other metal ores (-2,4% month-on-month and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point) (see Figure 4.1). Agriculture, forestry and fishing

The annual percentage change in the PPI for agriculture, forestry and fishing was 4,5% in April 2015 (compared with -1,0% in March 2015). From March 2015 to April 2015 the PPI for agriculture, forestry and fishing increased by 1,7%. The main contributor to the annual rate of 4,5% was agriculture (5,1% year-on-year and contributing 4,3 percentage points) (see Figure 5.2).

The main contributor to the monthly increase of 1,7% was agriculture (1,8% month-on-month and contributing 1,6 percentage points) (see Figure 5.1).



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Key figures and analytical series

Table A - Key figures

Product

Weight Index (2012=100) Percentage change

Apr 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 vs.

Mar 2015

Apr 2015 vs.

Apr 2014

Final manufactured goods 100,00 113,8 116,2 117,2 0,9 3,0

Intermediate manufactured goods 100,00 116,5 117,1 116,3 -0,7 -0,2

Electricity and water 100,00 108,1 113,9 119,3 4,7 10,4

Mining 100,00 109,9 105,8 104,7 -1,0 -4,7

Agriculture, forestry and fishing 100,00 107,3 110,2 112,1 1,7 4,5

Table B - Analytical series

Product


Apr 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 vs.

Mar 2015

Apr 2015 vs.

Apr 2014

Final manufactured goods excluding petroleum products 89,62 113,4 118,4 119,0 0,5 4,9

Final manufactured goods excluding food 74,80 113,5 114,8 116,0 1,0 2,2

Intermediate manufactured goods excluding basic metals 84,18 116,3 117,3 116,9 -0,3 0,5

Mining excluding precious metals and stones 61,44 112,4 108,3 106,1 -2,0 -5,6

Precious metals and stones 38,56 107,6 103,7 104,4 0,7 -3,0

PJ Lehohla

Statistician-General



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Main index numbers and annual percentage changes

Table C - Main index numbers (2012=100)

Table C1 - Final manufactured goods

Year and type Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Average

2012 Index 97,1 98,0 98,6 99,2 100,0 99,8 99,8 100,5 100,8 101,7 102,4 102,2 100,0

Rate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

2013 Index 102,7 103,3 104,2 104,6 104,9 105,7 106,4 107,2 107,6 108,1 108,3 108,8 106,0

Rate 5,8 5,4 5,7 5,4 4,9 5,9 6,6 6,7 6,7 6,3 5,8 6,5 6,0

2014 Index 109,9 111,3 112,7 113,8 114,0 114,3 114,9 114,9 115,0 115,3 115,3 115,1 113,9

Rate 7,0 7,7 8,2 8,8 8,7 8,1 8,0 7,2 6,9 6,7 6,5 5,8 7,5

2015 Index 113,8 114,2 116,2 117,2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Rate 3,5 2,6 3,1 3,0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Table C2 - Intermediate manufactured goods


2012 Index 97,9 98,3 97,9 98,6 98,9 99,6 99,0 99,4 102,1 102,9 103,2 102,2 100,0

Rate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

2013 Index 103,6 104,2 105,4 105,7 106,6 107,6 108,3 110,4 110,2 110,8 110,9 110,5 107,9

Rate 5,8 6,0 7,7 7,2 7,8 8,0 9,4 11,1 7,9 7,7 7,5 8,1 7,9

2014 Index 113,2 115,1 116,0 116,5 117,1 117,3 117,5 117,8 117,9 117,7 116,9 117,2 116,7

Rate 9,3 10,5 10,1 10,2 9,8 9,0 8,5 6,7 7,0 6,2 5,4 6,1 8,2

2015 Index 117,0 116,8 117,1 116,3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Rate 3,4 1,5 0,9 -0,2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Table C3 - Electricity and water


2012 Index 81,8 82,4 82,1 86,7 88,0 127,1 139,5 139,8 98,4 92,2 91,3 90,9 100,0

Rate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

2013 Index 91,9 93,1 91,5 97,9 99,9 134,6 147,3 144,9 111,1 105,7 105,7 103,9 110,6

Rate 12,3 13,0 11,4 12,9 13,5 5,9 5,6 3,6 12,9 14,6 15,8 14,3 10,6

2014 Index 105,2 106,6 104,9 108,1 109,6 145,7 158,8 157,4 119,3 114,2 114,6 113,1 121,5

Rate 14,5 14,5 14,6 10,4 9,7 8,2 7,8 8,6 7,4 8,0 8,4 8,9 9,9

2015 Index 114,7 115,3 113,9 119,3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Rate 9,0 8,2 8,6 10,4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Table C4 - Mining


2012 Index 98,1 99,8 98,3 98,7 98,9 98,1 97,3 98,0 101,2 104,6 104,5 102,6 100,0

Rate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

2013 Index 105,2 106,4 106,8 103,1 104,5 105,0 104,1 108,2 105,3 104,4 106,0 105,1 105,3

Rate 7,2 6,6 8,6 4,5 5,7 7,0 7,0 10,4 4,1 -0,2 1,4 2,4 5,3

2014 Index 110,2 112,0 110,7 109,9 109,6 111,1 112,2 112,1 110,7 107,0 104,2 107,0 109,7

Rate 4,8 5,3 3,7 6,6 4,9 5,8 7,8 3,6 5,1 2,5 -1,7 1,8 4,2

2015 Index 108,3 105,9 105,8 104,7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Rate -1,7 -5,4 -4,4 -4,7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Table C5 - Agriculture, forestry and fishing


2012 Index 101,3 99,6 99,2 98,0 96,7 96,3 98,0 97,0 98,7 104,0 105,5 105,8 100,0

Rate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

2013 Index 104,3 100,8 99,6 99,7 99,5 99,4 99,4 100,4 103,1 105,9 108,5 110,1 102,6

Rate 3,0 1,2 0,4 1,7 2,9 3,2 1,4 3,5 4,5 1,8 2,8 4,1 2,6

2014 Index 110,1 108,9 111,3 107,3 106,2 103,9 103,3 104,6 107,6 109,1 111,0 112,6 108,0

Rate 5,6 8,0 11,7 7,6 6,7 4,5 3,9 4,2 4,4 3,0 2,3 2,3 5,3

2015 Index 108,1 108,6 110,2 112,1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Rate -1,8 -0,3 -1,0 4,5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..



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Detailed index numbers and percentage changes, and contributions

Table 1 - PPI for final manufactured goods

Product


Apr 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 vs.

Mar 2015

Apr 2015 vs.

Apr 2014

Final manufactured goods

100,00 113,8 116,2 117,2 0,9 3,0

Food products, beverages and tobacco products

33,92 113,6 119,3 119,7 0,3 5,4

Food products 25,20 114,9 120,2 120,7 0,4 5,0

Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, oils and fats

9,41 115,3 122,2 122,4 0,2 6,2

Meat and meat products 5,03 115,1 125,7 125,6 -0,1 9,1

Fish and fish products 1,87 125,2 129,8 130,9 0,8 4,6

Fruit and vegetables 1,53 111,0 112,9 113,0 0,1 1,8

Oils and fats 0,98 111,6 107,7 108,3 0,6 -3,0

Dairy products 2,26 117,4 123,9 125,9 1,6 7,2

Grain mill products, starches and starch products, and animal feeds

3,14 115,7 115,1 116,1 0,9 0,3

Grain mill products 1,32 114,8 113,2 114,9 1,5 0,1

Starches, starch products and animal feeds 1,82 117,5 118,7 119,1 0,3 1,4

Other food products 10,39 113,4 119,2 119,5 0,3 5,4

Bakery products 7,62 118,2 124,9 125,2 0,2 5,9

Sugar 1,44 104,1 106,8 106,9 0,1 2,7

Other food 1,33 104,5 111,1 111,8 0,6 7,0

Beverages 7,62 111,0 117,0 117,4 0,3 5,8

Tobacco products 1,10 109,4 120,7 120,7 0,0 10,3

Textiles, clothing and footwear

3,96 112,0 115,8 116,4 0,5 3,9

Textiles 0,34 110,1 111,8 117,8 5,4 7,0

Clothing 3,16 113,2 117,2 117,5 0,3 3,8

Footwear 0,46 107,1 110,4 110,4 0,0 3,1

Wood and paper products

10,31 112,2 119,8 120,4 0,5 7,3

Paper and printed products

9,98 112,4 120,1 120,7 0,5 7,4

Other wood products 0,33 109,1 109,9 109,9 0,0 0,7

Coke, petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products

20,60 116,7 105,1 108,0 2,8 -7,5

Coal and petroleum products

10,73 118,7 88,3 93,1 5,4 -21,6

Petrol 5,51 119,1 88,4 95,0 7,5 -20,2

Diesel 3,45 118,4 81,5 85,7 5,2 -27,6

Other 1,77 115,4 99,6 100,3 0,7 -13,1

Chemical products 8,13 113,6 117,7 118,6 0,8 4,4

Rubber and plastic products

1,74 121,5 117,1 116,2 -0,8 -4,4

Non-metallic mineral products

3,98 114,2 116,5 116,3 -0,2 1,8

Metals, machinery, equipment and computing equipment

14,89 111,9 118,4 119,8 1,2 7,1

Structural and

fabricated metal products

6,91 105,0 112,9 114,9 1,8 9,4

General and special purpose machinery

6,98 119,9 124,7 125,9 1,0 5,0

Household appliances and office machinery

1,00 113,3 118,3 118,4 0,1 4,5

Electrical machinery and apparatus and subcomponents

2,01 110,5 112,8 113,2 0,4 2,4

Transport equipment 8,24 116,0 117,8 117,9 0,1 1,6

Motor vehicles 3,57 111,8 114,2 114,3 0,1 2,2

Bodies for motor vehicles

0,64 114,0 109,4 109,8 0,4 -3,7

Parts and accessories for motor vehicles and their engines

4,03 122,1 124,2 124,3 0,1 1,8

Furniture and other manufacturing

2,09 108,9 117,5 118,1 0,5 8,4



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Figure 1.1 - Contributions to the monthly percentage change in PPI for final manufactured goods

Figure 1.2 - Contributions to the annual percentage change in PPI for final manufactured goods



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Table 2 - PPI for intermediate manufactured goods

Product


Apr 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 vs.

Mar 2015

Apr 2015 vs.

Apr 2014

Intermediate manufactured goods

100,00 116,5 117,1 116,3 -0,7 -0,2

Textiles and leather goods

9,39 129,1 131,3 133,0 1,3 3,0

Sawmilling and wood 21,14 109,9 115,7 115,7 0,0 5,3

Chemicals, rubber and plastic products

31,18 116,2 114,9 113,7 -1,0 -2,2

Basic and other chemicals 8,19 116,2 106,9 105,0 -1,8 -9,6

Plastic products 20,13 115,3 116,2 115,5 -0,6 0,2

Rubber products 2,86 128,8 130,6 128,1 -1,9 -0,5

Glass and glass products

4,01 117,5 119,5 120,0 0,4 2,1

Basic and fabricated metals

30,82 115,3 115,6 113,4 -1,9 -1,6

Basic iron and steel 15,82 118,7 117,7 114,9 -2,4 -3,2

Basic precious and non-ferrous metals and castings 15,00 114,6 116,0 114,4 -1,4 -0,2

Recycling and manufacturing n.e.c.

3,46 112,6 101,5 104,5 3,0 -7,2

Figure 2.1 - Contributions to the monthly percentage change in PPI for intermediate manufactured goods

Figure 2.2 - Contributions to the annual percentage change in PPI for intermediate manufactured goods



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Table 3 - PPI for electricity and water

Product


Apr 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 vs.

Mar 2015

Apr 2015 vs.

Apr 2014

Electricity and water 100,00 108,1 113,9 119,3 4,7 10,4

Electricity 85,11 106,7 112,7 118,6 5,2 11,2

Water 14,89 117,3 122,4 124,7 1,9 6,3

Figure 3.1 - Contributions to the monthly percentage change in PPI for electricity and water

Figure 3.2 - Contributions to the annual percentage change in PPI for electricity and water



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Table 4 - PPI for mining

Product


Apr 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 vs.

Mar 2015

Apr 2015 vs.

Apr 2014

Mining 100,00 109,9 105,8 104,7 -1,0 -4,7

Coal and gas 25,97 110,5 105,5 104,6 -0,9 -5,3

Gold and other metal ores 33,83 100,0 94,5 92,2 -2,4 -7,8

Non-ferrous metal ores 32,70 116,6 113,6 112,9 -0,6 -3,2

Stone quarrying, clay and diamonds 7,50 98,0 98,8 100,2 1,4 2,2

Figure 4.1 - Contributions to the monthly percentage change in PPI for mining

Figure 4.2 - Contributions to the annual percentage change in PPI for mining



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Table 5 - PPI for agriculture, forestry and fishing

Product


Apr 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 vs.

Mar 2015

Apr 2015 vs.

Apr 2014

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

100,00 107,3 110,2 112,1 1,7 4,5

Agriculture 85,48 106,6 110,0 112,0 1,8 5,1

Products of crops and horticulture

44,86 112,2 114,1 114,6 0,4 2,1

Cereals and other crops 20,84 106,7 113,3 114,4 1,0 7,2

Fruit and vegetables 24,02 116,3 114,9 115,0 0,1 -1,1

Live animals and animal products

40,62 101,2 106,1 109,7 3,4 8,4

Live animals 28,95 94,0 99,3 103,9 4,6 10,5

Milk and eggs 10,18 121,1 125,0 125,4 0,3 3,6

Other animal products 1,49 107,5 109,4 116,2 6,2 8,1

Forestry 9,96 104,1 105,0 107,6 2,5 3,4

Fishing 4,56 128,9 135,7 135,0 -0,5 4,7

Figure 5.1 - Contributions to the monthly percentage change in PPI for agriculture, forestry and fishing

Figure 5.2 - Contributions to the annual percentage change in PPI for agriculture, forestry and fishing



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Explanatory notes Purpose and results of the survey

The Producer Price Index (PPI) measures changes in the prices of locally produced

commodities. A sample of producers is surveyed each month and the results of this

survey are used to compile the producer price indices for final manufactured goods,

intermediate manufactured goods, electricity and water, mining, and agriculture,

forestry and fishing. The PPI can be used as an economic indicator of inflation, as an

escalator in contracts and as a deflator in the calculation of the national accounts.

Further information on the weighting structure, sources of information and methods of

compilation of the PPI can be found in the PPI sources and methods document,

available on the Stats SA website.

Glossary

Producer Price Index The PPI is defined as “A measure of the change in the prices of goods either as they

leave their place of production or as they enter the production process (OECD).”

Contributions

The monthly (annual) contribution of a specific product or group of products to the

specific PPI is calculated by multiplying the weight of this product or group of

products with the difference of the current index and the previous month (year) index

for this product or group of products, divided by the index for the specific index, for

the previous month (year).

Annual inflation rate The annual inflation rate per specific PPI is the change in the specific PPI for all items

of the relevant month of the current year compared with the specific PPI for all items

of the same month in the previous year expressed as a percentage.

Annual percentage

change

The annual percentage change is the change in the index of the relevant month of

the current year compared with the index of the same month in the previous year

expressed as a percentage.

Average annual inflation

rate

The average annual inflation rate is the change in the average specific PPI for all

items of one year compared with the average specific PPI for all items of the previous

year expressed as a percentage.

Average annual

percentage change

The average annual percentage change is the change in the average index of one

year compared with the average index of the previous year expressed as a

percentage.

Monthly percentage

change

The monthly percentage change is the change in the specific PPI of the relevant

month compared with the specific PPI of the previous month expressed as a

percentage.

Chain linking The construction of a continuous price series by multiplying together price indices

that have been using different weights reference periods. The resulting index is

referred to as a chained index (Practical Guide to producing Consumer Price Indices;

2009). Linking is intended to ensure that the individual indices on all levels show the

correct development through time, but leads to non-additivity (IMF,2005).



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